Vernonia High School - Memolog Yearbook (Vernonia, OR)

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Because of the inconvenience of the date w- - 'v and the nearness of the ending of the school B term, the May Day ceremony was presented Ap- h Yy Bj ril 30. The program was a joint effort of ' the grade school and the high school based on a Spanish theme, Fiesta Americana. Two May =v A poles were featured. The ceremony marked the crovming of Queen Mary Katherine I. j,'j { Y y.‘ V yyh pv At the same time as the May Day exercises, two members of Ver-nonia's track team,Lewis Lane in the high jump and Fred Busch throwing the javelin, were showing their prowess in the district track meet at Beaverton. The last big frolic of the year was the Victory Ball presented the evening of April 30. The guests of honor v ere Queen Mary Katherine I and her court. Glenn Davis's orchestra furnished the music. H| Lyle Galloway had everyone very worried about this time as to P-J whether he really liked a girl from Clatskanie, whether he and Betty ip Turner ..would make up, or whether he and Jerry Keller would get along. af;; Another triangle '. Benny Hall, Robert Roeser, X n and Marjorie Lolley were the people in question yv this time. C £1 May was a month of genuine industry in V. S. There just seemed to be too much to do, wtv'1 and not enough time in which to do it. As all final activities of the school year and v.rork for the last six weeks were all crowded into four short weeks, the scurry was nerve-wracking- The Memolog, Vernonia High School's year- ,1 ,V? book, was distributed early this month. The (Vll -• motif of the book was Victory. This motif was ( rfl Hf complete to a red-white-and-blue cover. V'fWvVX On May 4, the Air Scouts, a brother organization to the Boy Scouts of America under the direction of Mr. McEntire, helf a court of honor in which the members were honored with acknowledgements of their achievements during the year. One fine day in May, forty-tv:o stu- r—j ■—i | 1 dents were absent. Guess what ’. They were IP'JO IQ' all seniors. DalinQ.jL1 , A1 A 1 —On Wednesday, May 5, the student body p j lj ( : j i fi i officers for next year were installed in | w — i ★ w F t U

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A Girls' League meeting on April 14 disclosed Miss Aileen Eyer, representative of the Oregon Council of War Nurses Association, who gave an explanatory and introductory speech to the girls on nursing as a career and as war work. The seniors and juniors reversed the order of one previous Friday on April 16. This time the seniors gave their play, Tiger House , a mystery comedy, and the juniors sponsored the dance following the play. ? 3 The track team attended its first competitive meet on this day also. However, it seems the boys weren't quite ready for the big wins yet. On April 19 and 20, there was at least one boy in V. H. S. who was a bit nervous. This was Robert Kent who was in Seattle taking examinations for the Naval Air Corps. Incidentally, Robert passed. On April 22, that same track team got another chance at the competition on the Scappoose field. They were much improved at this time, but still a bit over-powered. Mr. Raleigh Y heeler, representative of the State Police Force, was the speaker before the seniors on April 23. Mr. TVheeler spoke on crime and its problems, which subject the seniors had been studying. The sophomores again lead the honor roll. The seniors managed to beat them just one time this year. CRIME „ ... DOES ir-NOT ’ PAY Mr, McEntire is again making excuses for not catching any fish. Nov: he blames it on the fishing tackle made in Japan. The students of V. H. S. were given the opportunity to take the tuberculin test on April 26. For the third time this year, the typing I classes typed letters for the 0. A. to ser- hlillPfcl ice men and for the third time were rewarded —V-'M vJ vice men and for the third time were rewarded with candy. State Patrolman Wheeler also came across with a large box of candy for the typists who made two copies of a book of lav: forms. April 27 found the Memolog with five extra orders for the These were to be filled if there were enough books uncalled for book.

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Baccalaureate ceremonies for the class of 1943 were presented in the Christian Church on the evening of May 9. This occasion was carried out with much dignity and satisfaction under the direction of the Reverend TV. 0. Livingstone. Even though we are now engulfed in a complex rationing system the ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary took upon themselves the task of preparing the senior banquet, as usual. I'll never make it'. Y hy didn't I study? Such were the lamentations of various individuals on May 13 and 14. The reason—final examinations had everyone in a whirl. As the evening of May 14 rolled around, weary students trudged homeward for the last time this year, and seniors for the last time in any year. x fV At 8:00 the evening of May 14, the seniors marched into the TYashington Grade School auditorium to receive the justification of four years' hard labor. A stirring speech was given by Dr. U. G. Bubach, Dean of Men at Oregon State College. S f C » v . Honored for outstanding scholastic achievement were Joy 7,11-lard, valedictorian, with Arthur Tousley and Robert Kent sharing honors as salutatorians.